• Focus on the visual aspects of a product's user interface and create visually appealing and user-friendly designs that align with the established brand

• Produce detailed wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes that showcase the layout and interactions to ensure that the product is visually appealing, user-friendly

• Ensure a smooth and intuitive user experience through thoughtful interaction design on visual aspects, layout, and usability of a product

• Create design documentation, including style guides, design systems, and design specifications to maintain design assets and ensure design consistency across the product

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, particularly with developers to implement designs accurately and crisp UI assets to implement intuitive user experiences

About the role

With tens of millions of visitors every week, we strive to be the best in the industry for our users. You’ll be responsible for taking ownership of our existing and new database infrastructure for multiple platforms and facilitating releases into new regions. We wrote our systems from scratch about 4 years ago, so you’ll be working with the latest technology and won’t have to worry about decades old technologies. There’s also freedom to research and implement new technologies into our stack as you and the team see fit.

Our Stack

• Relational Databases: AWS Aurora MySQL/PostgreSQL 
• NoSQL Databases: MongoDB Atlas, AWS DocumentDB
• Caching Layer: AWS ElastiCache, Valkey
• Message Queue: Apache RocketMQ, RabbitMQ
• Search Engine: ElasticSearch, Mongo Atlas
• OLAP: Redshift
• Monitoring & Alerting: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Alert Manager
• Backup & Recovery: AWS Backup, Point-in-Time Recovery, Cross-Region Replication
• Database Proxy: RDS Proxy
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible
• CI/CD Integration: Jenkins, ArgoCD, Github Action, Helm
• Network & Security: AWS VPC, Security Groups, AWS Secrets Manager
• Programming Languages: Golang, Python
• Containerization: Kubernetes

What you'll be doing

• Work in a team of DBRE and DevOps professionals
• Design, implement, and maintain highly available database architectures to support business growth across multiple countries
• Improve existing database infrastructure, including performance tuning, capacity planning, backup/recovery strategies, and disaster recovery procedures
• Develop automation tools and internal platforms using Go/Python to streamline database operations, reduce manual interventions, and minimize human errors
• Monitor database health and performance metrics, establish alerting mechanisms based on SLO burn rates, and proactively identify potential issues
• Take ownership and responsibility for database operations including schema changes, data migrations, and production deployments
• Collaborate with development teams to provide database design consultation, query optimization, and troubleshooting support
• Conduct regular database security audits and implement security best practices to protect sensitive data

What you'll bring

• 4+ years experience tackling and managing advanced MySQL and MongoDB problems
• A self-driven Database Reliability Engineer with proven experience in managing large-scale database systems in production environments
• Have a deep understanding of database architecture, performance optimisation, high availability solutions, and database security best practices 
• Following the latest industry trends in database technologies and are passionate about building reliable, scalable data infrastructure
• Have strong automation mindset and programming skills to build tools that improve database operations and reliability
• Understand SLI/SLO/SLA concepts and have experience implementing reliability engineering practices

What’s in it for you

• Sporty is a remote first company in pursuit of sustainability
• A competitive salary + individual performance based bonuses every quarter
• 28 days paid annual leave
• Our core working hours are 10am-3pm in your local time zone with flexibility outside of this
• Referral bonuses & flash bonuses
• Top of the line equipment
• Annual company retreats to provide great internal networking opportunities

Interview Process

• Remote video screening with our Talent Acquisition Team 
• Online assessment via Hackerrank
• Remote video interview with Team Members (60 Mins)
• Final discussion with the hiring manager (60 mins)

If you're interested, we encourage you to apply! Every application is reviewed by a member of our team (AI is not used in our recruitment process), and we aim to respond within 48 hours.

•  Take the lead in enhancing our in-house Python-based automation framework, ensuring it remains robust, scalable, and efficient.
• Codebase Refactoring: Drive efforts to refactor existing codebase, emphasizing clarity, readability, and maintainability to facilitate future enhancements.
• Collaborative Automation: Collaborate closely with QA Engineers to identify automation needs and implement solutions within the framework.
• Troubleshooting Expertise: Utilize strong troubleshooting and debugging skills to identify and resolve issues within the automation framework.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to seamlessly integrate automation processes into the software development lifecycle.

• Python Proficiency: Demonstrated experience as a Python Developer (3 to 5 years ), showcasing strong proficiency in object-oriented programming.
• Development Experience: Proven track record in developing and maintaining robust and scalable software solutions.
• Collaborative Skills: Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively within distributed and remote teams.
• Design Patterns: Familiarity with commonly used design patterns and the ability to apply them to create modular and maintainable code.
• Built-in Libraries: Solid understanding and practical experience with Python built-in libraries to leverage standard functionality efficiently.
• English Communication: Proficient in both written and spoken English to facilitate effective communication within the team.
• (Optional) Docker Knowledge: Familiarity with Docker and containerization concepts.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation (Jenkins actions preferred).
• Knowledge of testing frameworks (e.g., pytest, unittest).
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) (Github preferred).
• Understanding of software development practices.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes (K8s) is a plus.
• Familiarity with JavaScript is a plus.

What’s in it for you

• Sporty is a remote first company in pursuit of sustainability
• A competitive salary + individual performance based bonuses every quarter
• 28 days paid annual leave
• Our core working hours are 10am-3pm in your local time zone with flexibility outside of this
• Referral bonuses & flash bonuses
• Top of the line equipment
• Annual company retreats to provide great internal networking opportunities

Interview process

• Remote video screening with our Talent Acquisition Team 
• Offline Take home assignment
• Remote video interview with Team Members (60 Mins)
• Final discussion with the hiring manager (60 mins)

If you're interested, we encourage you to apply! Every application is reviewed by a member of our team (AI is not used in our recruitment process), and we aim to respond within 48 hours.